| Show m city busy si but beautify ticul utah hiilis rich in M pa wealth hAnd i and anu unu unstained crooked jo the e western world a newspaper shed at fort worth texas cider date of 0 januarys Janu arys i 1 1925 25 the louwine roU wIne interesting history ot of park aty written by earl 13 a special staff correspondent correspond eat la is found when park city istah the center ol of a ruining district viivi which ch ha has s made perhaps deraps a score of 0 millionaires and countless lesser rich men shall join the tie ranks of dead mining regions fere being left only cuts and jags bags aff tolf of its extractions of wealth it Is estimated by henry welsh a conservative business min man of 0 park city ity and man ot affairs in utah that more than a billion dollars will lave ave been taken out in metals its reductive productive life it if this be irti djs N ut ml a little more than one fifth lapent y it if park city now may be called a young town it is also a clean young town own tor for the community and its proud state are grateful far or a co complete absence 0 of take fake promotion ther park cit city mines hive have been 4 I 1 worked lu in good fal faith t h and many and boundless bount less have teen been jt its rewards ards I 1 S dividends aro lien heavy vy welsh says saya the cotal production brodu action from the park city district diSt oct the information tor mation obtained 1 b by him being substantially from united states geological survey and other reliable sources shows to ito january 1 1924 22 with in dividends ane he eftim atea conservatively hea says that i ahe aha 1924 4 product production loix willada wil ladd to this 64 vast t ar in prodoc 40 in dividends visitors tort at the salt lake chain t her e r r almerce lm erce 25 miles from t b camp might select treathe tro athe jacb ra 0 a pamphlet entitled utah its mineral wealth and without moro more than a casual glance at the cover given a little imagination learn something about butali a state which it cut ot off from all outside contact would tie be more than self sustaining and perhaps rich in luxury production la Is great his eyes would tall fall upon in 1923 utah mines produced 28 per cent ot of the nations silver per cent of 0 the lead 16 per cent of the copper peri cent ot of the gold at once he would think of 0 great ore bodies of mammoth production and a natural curiosity would prompt wonderment at where these remarkable mines are what la is the history ot of such an empire will it endure the story of the development of 0 utah mines can not be told in a sentence the united states geo logical survey has given g 1 en reams to ore bodies re reams ams of type on structure and location dollars and cents pounds and ounces pages whose hose W statistics imply a glow of success attending those men who ought fought tor for metal their luck and their individual abilities men who came to the camp some penniless from many parts of the country the figures figurea hold a vision of what the tremendous beehive state output means in satis satisfying ying the necessity and serving the convenience ot of the people ot of the world park city lead 1 without making introductory intrastate tra state comparison as to the relative importance ol of the mines in utah it might be well to return to the park city mining district which suffice it to say supplies a vital portion of the states boasted per cen as outlined As to park city metals the united states geological survey records s show h 0 w in n production r in the 40 f from ro m 1 1870 1 1922 gold silver line cne ounces cop per pounds lead I 1 pounds recoverable zinc pounds I 1 the present production welsh said exceeds the records of any in the history of the camp in toi tonnage 1 and in gross values park city Is on the east slope of the wasatch range north horth of the central part ot of utah 26 25 miles southeast ot of and teet feet above salt lake city or approximately beet above sea level it is connected with salt lake city by a branch line of the denver and RIO Grande western railroad through parleys k a steep canyon A branch ot of the union pacific extends from the main line at echo 28 miles away parr city not old t the mining district ls is between clatts and ledges the mala crest of 0 a range and mountain meadow the north a slope fa ale Is clisby cut by four our bulc gulches es hhaynes Th aynes woodside empire and ontario and on this slope lies parac bark cay and hattte denb T pr principal I 1 napa I 1 mines ot of the district t 1 it was not a miner who first crossed toot loot into this rich county ot of summit but the late samuel who la in 1863 1953 settled in parleys canyon built a sawmill near parleys park now known as tha name park was derived from this e garden spot but park city altgelt la Is several thousand thov thousand sand yards beyond in haold round hound valley judge W I 1 snyder br a nep nephew liew r has recollections ot of park city since his boyhood pe the first 1 that continued on pago page seven park city unstained gy by crooked promotion continued from page one ne struck for or mining purposes was was as be green monster onster lil claim which yielded copper it was discovered in this claim is now a part of 0 the iho great silver king coalition properties the first ore shipped however was wag from the pinion then owned liy by john martin of 0 Or cornalia nalia and james lowe and J R of if salt lake city shipment was blade in the lie wailer of 0 71 consisting of 0 tons ions of silver le lead a ore to 0 o Olli cinalia Oi nalia alla next was vas discovered the walker and webster clam claim according to judge snyder it was owned by william jennings william clayton samuel riter land and associates all salt lake men the geological survey credits this claim as the first on ricord record rutus rufus walker being the discoverer 1869 the famous ontario bedge was discovered july 14 its find was doubtless precipitated by the th general excitement folio following w ing the mchenry discovery a claim ot of r ch ore atop the ground this latter mine was sold and resold many times the ontario mine with ore almost at its grass roots was the outstanding mine ot of the camp tor for many years and was early sold to 1 I B haggin san francisco lawyer lloyd tevis then president of wells fargo and company and george hearst later a senator from california tor for a mine probably capable of production according to the judge As early as 1876 this property alone produced a week while the production from the whole camp was on a claim known as the tender fobil was found the apex ot of a great inverted tunnel funnel shaped ore body which made the big silver king one of the remarkable finds of the history ot of mining personal histories of those who struck from these rich claims would fill volumes of interesting reading the almost fabulous story ot of john parish a blacksmith who was walking through the hills poked at a piece of ground lying on the surface broke it and saw pure galena leased the ground and with his associate 4 made a fortune is s in n more the tale of touching the magic wand than many another his claim it Is said led largely to the opening of the present silver king coalition mines company this rich mines organization Is a consolidation of numerous claims which themselves were individually famous I 1 largely its latest acquisition was the he silver eing consolidated com ua ny which sold for of this coalition welsh said it is paying at a rate of a yer year during the last year it took king consolidated virtually i at atS a cost of paid SOO 0 Off dividends this yeii year and has as large a treasury ishad iW aa it had at the beginning of the year its ore bodies avre were never in better sli shape ape among the claims of note in the park city district is the anchor located by J M connelly extremely prosperous ae wele the daly the ialy west and the daly judge the large producing mines now according to snyder are the park mining ining II company the ontario and tile the Sil coalition company anyone who got in in a big way made mona money y judge snyder observed generally 7 the park utah mine was ire bently organized it was waa formed by george blood john bransford Bran stord and a son eon and george W lambourne with the park district Is generally looked unon as embracing not only the uintah district in summit county but tile the blue ledge and ana snake creek in wasatch county the park utah mine is 9 in wasatch county exploration ot of this mine started under the direction of george D alood as late as 1918 this young mine in march 1921 produced ounces ot of silver while tons of ore averaging more than 60 50 ounces ot of ai silver ivar were ship shipped in 1321 1921 the properties leik of 0 the da daly ly west judge mining and 3 melting and west ontario companies were merged february 10 1922 into th the a park city mining and smelling smelting coin company pany though there have leen some failure sla tile the park city districts mr snyder said they have been owing to lack jack ol of investigation and knowledge in the early days mining ingras was looked upon as a pure pur e speculation there was not the knowledge that there now is it is now it a business lust just the same as any other when it is carried on that wily way it is as legitimate as selling baigar to quote mr ir welsh in al an a article appearing a few years ago in the park record legitimate mining enterprises have been the rule in this tb Is camp and by this we mean that thai mines I 1 s have been generally worked for or their productions and not for or profits securing curing ac through stock manipulations m P pu ions the sentiment ot of the people P Is not conducive to the prosperity 0 of wildcat undertakings under takings this fact act has given to our mining enterprises I 1 an all immunity from suspicion seldom enjoyed uy by a district ot of equal pi u in this or any other mining ot of the world the geological survey etliong ot of the iho effect ot of the trend 0 of markets through years year chidi mark liis Iii lory story in blaik city in IB 1892 when silver dropped to 83 cents an ounce the effect on summit countes Coun tys output wai nag hardly noticed because or of the advent of the silver king and the mayflower it was felt eit however in ili the passing of the ontario divi bend and the closing ot of the cres crea cent woodside and daly west mines production decreased to 1 1893 stead lly ily and suddenly tell fell off while 1893 marked a cheaper methods intro 1 auction drop in silver in 1897 to 64 cents closed many claims but the silver lead producers pro dicera cers of 0 which the silver king kine was the ae leader ader were able to withstand the low market quoting from the mineral pamphlet issued by the chamber 1 0 afi A commerce as to recent operations the ship ments of ore and concentrates from the park city region increased from tons in 1922 to tons 1 in 1923 the estimated output ot of the district was ounces ot of gold ot of silver 1960 pounds ot of copper pounds of lead and more than pounds ot of zinc to january 1 1924 mr welsh gives figures on production as follows ontario mining company lows ontario mining company dividends daly mining company dividends daly west dividends plus daly judge company 1 dividends park Utah mining company the youngest of park cites greatest bonanzas hold ing possibly the last treasure 3 dividends silver king coalition dividends woodside dividends cresent mining company dividends keith kearns no dividends now part ot of silver king consolidated dividends total to january 1 1924 dividends and total production estimated 1924 production dividends welsh lists the following as having been heavily favored by fortune haggin tevin and hearst R C chambers P kervin J J daly col william ferry chas moore B E P perry ferry W mont ferry ed ferry D C mclaughlin ia wellman brothers mrs mary judge henry newell dr fowler solon spiro ezra thompson james murdock W V rice J tames james ivors ivers john L weber john J kearns david keith thomas kearns david i irwin moylan fox J J I 1 parish cornelius mclaughlin john rhodin walter scott W W arm st emery mrs emery holmes jacob bamberger J D woods W S mccormick McCorr nick judge dixon james mcgregor a list he said isaich would be longer were he to delve ln into the record of the camp the list would be further augmented by operations erat ions of the last few years pew few if any ny fremed remedies iea can equal the value ot of peruna pe ru na for catarrh of the stomach at this season it is bestif esti 3 mated that every third i person is more or less troubled with this form of catarrh BE READY I 1 have the proper medicine f in the house sold everywhere did dia G scott S C 0 successor c c e s r to F felix ei i x T traynor DRAY A Y A AND N D E EXPRESS X P ESS P phone P ho n e ai 2 jor J or 87 W I 1 BOGUE SUPPLY CO POWER transmission EQUIPMENT I 1 DiCk belt barry pulleys Pul leya office W 2nd and south phone was 2413 I 1 yard 3rd ard south ath west phone was 2448 salt lake city utah M J mcgill manager R J dick company Corn pany inc bihli 1114 11 P S i U I 1 CAFE I 1 D L SMITH prop 1 I only american cafe in town OPEN DAY regular mealand meals and short J orders 3 t H hl i i i fARCHI ARCHI BALDS 4 DRAY AND EXPRESS Ligh tand heavy hauling Hac 4 3 phones or 23 S I 1 P ht i 4 K H H t HJ 44 10 an iian t binin n park lodge lode no 4 01 meets ad and ath A frid JOO hall visitors bolcome M 8 GEOIT KENT C 1 i WA KRS i i 3 i i M MM PIRK P IRK CITY LODGE NO 7 1 I 0 0 F meets every monday night at 1 I 0 0 P V hall A cordial welcome extended sojourning sojo brothers JOHN RINO N G leslie roach secretary ii 4 mif t thoughtfulness is that the child ot of ua understanding iff it f springs from the tha ability to place placa ourselves An the position of those we served TIM TIIE AND 88 main atone bolso ambunan cc S arvice |
